Hey guys, welcome to episode number 393 of the Industrial Strength Show.

Boy are you guys in for a treat today. My man, Joe McCollough, took the drive up the Jersey

Turnpike and is making his Industrial Strength Show debut right here today and let me tell you,

he does not disappoint. This dude is just, you're gonna love him. If you haven't heard a Joe,

not a huge social media guy, mainly because he has been in the real world, kicking ass,

lifting weights, changing lives, breaking records for the past three plus decades. He's been doing

it where it counts in the real world, in his own training. He's a world record-setting powerlifter,

also owns a gym, trains athletes from, you know, from average Joe's to all pros. You name it,

Joe's worked with them. Just so much knowledge and the conversation you're about to hear is just

filled with nuggets of wisdom and just so many takeaways again from someone with over three

decades of professional experience, you know. The conversation has it all. You're gonna hear some

Dr. Tom stories, me and Joe met through Dr. Tom, although I had known, we had both known of each

other for decades, I guess. But Dr. Tom is the guy that was trying to bring us together

for a number of years. So he's smiling from up above. He'd be pumped that we finally got together

and this show and this conversation does not disappoint. Like I said, just so many takeaways

from fun Dr. Tom stories to how Joe and why Joe took more of a healthy approach to powerlifting.

Pretty much his entire life. This is a guy who benched over 600 pounds or benched 600 pounds,

755 squat, 672 deadlift, yet always was health conscious because of his parents and just genetically

being predisposed to some heart issues. His dad had a stroke. His mom had open heart surgery

when he was younger. So he was always aware of these things and took precautions and, you know,

made the necessary lifestyle changes to put him at less risk. So you'll hear about his more of a

unique approach to powerlifting. While he's still, you know, got and is strong AF, he also

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